23Prawn net (hauling): Wallis Lake

#### 23 Prawn net (hauling): Wallis Lake 23 Prawn net (hauling): Wallis Lake > > (1) It is lawful for the holder of a prawning endorsement to use a hauling net for taking prawns in the waters specified in the Table to this clause if the net (including hauling lines) complies with the description set out in relation to those waters in that Table and the following conditions are complied with— > > > > > (a) the net is used only by the method of hauling, > > > > > (b) there is no string, rope, wire, cord, netting or other material fixed to the codend, except as permitted by subclauses (2) and (3). > > > (2) A draw or closing string and a secondary string may be attached in accordance with one of the following methods— > > > > > (a) **method 1**: a frill or panel of diamond shaped mesh (not less than 30 mm nor more than 40 mm), used to facilitate the insertion of a draw or closing string, is attached to the codend within 3 bars of the last row of bars of the codend; the frill or panel is no greater than 15 meshes deep and a draw or closing string is inserted directly in the codend, or by means of a secondary string, within 3 bars of the end of the codend, > > > > > (b) **method 2**: a frill or panel of diamond shaped mesh (not less than 30 mm nor more than 40 mm), used to facilitate the insertion of a draw or closing string, is attached to the codend; the frill or panel does not consist of a greater number of meshes in circumference than the number of bars in the circumference of the codend; and a draw or closing string is inserted directly in the frill, or by means of a secondary string, within 3 meshes of the point where the frill or panel is attached to the codend, > > > > > (c) **method 3**: a draw or closing string is inserted directly into the codend, or by means of a secondary string, without a frill or panel of diamond shaped mesh. > > > (3) A chain or weight may be attached to the last row of the meshes of the codend for the purpose of preventing tangling of the net while it is being used. > > > (4) The body of the net must have no attachments except spreader poles and hauling lines. > > > (5) The net must be shot and hauled as follows— > > > > > (a) the end of the hauling line first shot (or laid out) must be attached to a stationary boat that is secured by an anchor or post during the entire haul operation, > > > > > (b) the line must then be shot (or laid out) from a motor boat, and the net then shot, > > > > > (c) the second hauling line must then be shot (or laid out) from the motor boat as the boat moves in a circular path so as to return to the stationary boat from where the first hauling line was shot, > > > > > (d) the second hauling line must be attached to a point on the motor boat by the line’s extremity only (that is, one end must be attached to the net, and the other end secured to the boat to prevent loss of the line overboard), > > > > > (e) the second hauling line must not be towed until all of it has been shot away free of tangles, knots or anything else that would effectively shorten it, > > > > > (f) once the shooting and hauling of the net have commenced, the operation must continue until the hauling lines have been removed from the water and the net landed in such depth of water, or onto the tray of the boat in such a way, as to enable any prohibited size class of fish taken in the net to escape, > > > > > (g) once any prohibited size class of fish have been allowed to escape, the net must be fully removed from the water. > > > (6) There must be no motor in or on the boat from which the net is operated, and the boat must not contain any rope other than the mooring line and a maximum of 200 metres of hauling rope. > > > (7), (8) (Repealed) > > > (9) For the purposes of this Plan or any other instrument under the Act, a net described in this clause may be referred to as a prawn net (hauling) or a prawn net (hauling)—Wallis Lake. > > Table Prawn net (hauling): Wallis Lake > > | 1 | (a) Waters—Those parts of Wallis Lake known as Coolongolook and Wallingat Rivers upstream from a line across the river from a post marked FD8 due north of the eastern extremity of Junction Point, then due south to Junction Point, then generally south by the western foreshore of the Wallingat River to a post marked FD9, then extending across the Wallingat River on a bearing of 87 degrees to a jetty situated on the north-western foreshore of Lot 1, DP 589944.(b) Description of net—Total length not exceeding 40 metres; mesh of the body of the net (or that part of the net not capable of being used as a codend) not less than 30 mm nor more than 36 mm; codend of net (or that part of the net capable of being used as a codend) not less than 2 metres in length with a circumference not less than 1 metre nor more than 1.6 metres; mesh throughout not less than 27 mm nor more than 32 mm, constructed of single twine knotless polyamide or polyethylene material not more than 2.5 mm in diameter, and hung on a bar so that the meshes are square shaped; hauling line run on the first leg to the net must not be longer than 200 metres; a marker buoy must be fixed to the hauling line every 50 metres along the line; the hauling line running from the net to the motor boat used to assist in shooting the net must not be longer than 50 metres. | > | 2 | (a) Waters—That part of Wallis Lake known as the Wallamba River from a line drawn from the northern foreshore of the entrance of Muddy Creek to the eastern extremity of Hardy’s Point upstream to the Pacific Highway Road Bridge at Nabiac.(b) Description of net—Total length not exceeding 40 metres; mesh of the body of the net (or that part of the net not capable of being used as a codend) not less than 30 mm nor more than 36 mm; codend of net (or that part of the net capable of being used as a codend) not less than 2 metres in length with a circumference not less than 1 metre nor more than 1.6 metres; mesh throughout not less than 27 mm nor more than 32 mm, constructed of single twine knotless polyamide or polyethylene material not more than 2.5 mm in diameter, and hung on a bar so that the meshes are square shaped; hauling line run on the first leg to the net must not be longer than 200 metres; a marker buoy must be fixed to the hauling line every 50 metres along the line; the hauling line running from the net to the motor boat used to assist in shooting the net must not be longer than 50 metres. |